Numbers 31:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֚לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֶ֖לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֑ה לְכֹל֙ מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תִּשְׁלְח֖וּ לַצָּבָֽא׃

Transliteration

ʾelep̄ lam-maṭṭeh ʾelep̄ lam-maṭṭeh ləḵōl maṭṭôṯ yiśrāʾēl tišləḥû laṣ-ṣāḇāʾ

Grammar Details

*ʾelep̄*: noun, masculine singular - thousand
*lam-maṭṭeh*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the tribe
*ləḵōl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - for all of
*maṭṭôṯ*: noun, masculine plural construct - tribes of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*tišləḥû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall send
*laṣ-ṣāḇāʾ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the war/army

Word Meanings

*ʾelep̄*: thousand/a thousand men
*maṭṭeh*: tribe/staff/branch
*tišləḥû*: you shall send/dispatch

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:8 : 8 And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Judg 7:2 : 2 And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
1 Sam 14:6 : 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 31:5-7
3 verses
91%
5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
Num 31:2-3
2 verses
80%
2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
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Num 1:3-4
2 verses
76%
3from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
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Num 31:27-28
2 verses
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27and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
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Judg 20:2
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2And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
Josh 4:12-13
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1 Chr 5:18
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Num 31:42
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1 Chr 12:37
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Num 13:2
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Judg 20:17
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Num 1:45-46
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Num 1:28-33
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Josh 23:10
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Judg 20:10
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1 Chr 21:5
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Num 32:20-21
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72%
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Num 31:36
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Num 32:27
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Num 26:2
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Num 31:40
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Num 1:26
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Num 31:32
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